Who is the Expert Learner?Expert learners take responsibility for their learning. They view learning as something they do for themselves, not something that is done to them or for them. [Source: The Expert Learner]

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) perspective for the Expert Learner is for a learner to be:> Resourceful and knowledgeable

> Strategic and goal-directed

> Purposeful and motivated

Then how can you develop expert learners with voice and choice?

The Three Stages of Personalized Learning Environments provide the process to encourage learner voice. This process can guide the design of personalized learning environments that meets the needs of all learners. Stage One is teacher-centered and encourages learner voice and some choice. Learner voice is a critical first step. There are ways to do this and this table here describes how the teacher and learner roles change in this stage.

When learners have the opportunities to say what they think and be heard by their peers and others, they feel their opinions and perspectives are valued and appreciated. Think about yourself as a learner and what it might feels like if you have a voice in how you learn and even influence decisions about teaching and learning.

Most new jobs will be in more specialized areas such as computing, mathematics, architecture and engineering. Governments and employers in every sector are being urged to retrain and re-skill workers to avoid a crisis. “Without urgent and targeted action today, to manage the near-term transition and build a workforce with future-proof skills, governments…

Using technology in class should always be motivated by a real need to optimize students' learning and to enhance your teaching. Every time you want to digitize a teaching task ask yourself the following questions: what are the added advantages of integrating technology in this task? And what are the alternative plans if things did not go as planned? The purpose is to make sure your use of technology is pedagogically sound and that it aligns with your own teaching goals.

"Importantly, beyond the CBA customer base, it shows the willingness of Australians to adopt financial technology. Australian fintech startups like Spaceship, Acorns, Tyro and others are building products that will encroach on the banks’ markets for everything from wealth management to share trading to property investing".

Developing great communication skills is a key to professional success. Communication skills have always been instrumental for senior leaders. But they’ve become equally important for aspiring leaders. Professionals today are expected to show polished “executive” communications skills earlier in their careers, to a wider network of audiences. Getting work done through distributed teams, virtual workforces, […]

FullStory is proud to announce the launch of FullStory Free Edition. FullStory Free Edition empowers those small-but-mighty teams — from SaaS startups to Sole Proprietors — to make usability experience research an integral part of their design strategies. The best part: it’s free forever! If you need more, carefully designed tiers will allow you to …

The new year has only just started and headlines are already awash with the latest news and rumours of how technology will change our lives in 2017.

One sector set to undergo vast change in the near future is education, with artificial intelligence and virtual reality coming closer to mass market breakthrough, and the continuing evolution of learning resources to online and ‘mobile first’ platforms.

But what does the immediate future hold for education technology, and what are we most likely to see make a breakthrough in the coming 12 months?

Sean Marx over at iLite has been up to some really cool stuff lately using webcams, webcam photos and facial recognition. Most recently he’s published a quick post which explains how he created a proof of concept for facial recognition as a Moodle authentication plugin which allows a user (if registered) to login to a site using their face via the webcam on their computer.

Deloitte’s latest millennials study looks at their world view and finds many, especially in developed economies, are anxious about their future. They are concerned about a world that presents numerous threats and question their personal prospects. By JFK’s measure, at least, many millennials are not sure they can trust the promises of their respective countries.…

Deloitte’s latest millennials study looks at their world view and finds many, especially in developed economies, are anxious about their future. They are concerned about a world that presents numerous threats and question their personal prospects. By JFK’s measure, at least, many millennials are not sure they can trust the promises of their respective countries.…

The international development sector is at a defining moment in a rapidly changing, increasingly digital world. Will organizations harness digital to amplify outcomes or fall victim to inertia? Today, development organizations have an opportunity to move beyond digital point solutions to an interwoven market of digital solutions and economies. This can accelerate the impact of…

Eatsa has no lines because it has no cashiers. You order on an iPad, your name comes up on a transparent LCD screen box, and you pull out a bowl of quinoa

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A new restaurant chain called Eatsa is unlike any fast-food chain we’ve seen before. The restaurant is almost fully automated, functioning like a human-powered vending machine that spits out freshly-prepared quinoa bowls. Eatsa has no lines because it has no cashiers. You order on an iPad, your name comes up on a transparent LCD screen box, and you pull out a bowl of quinoa. I wish to see it comes to Sydney soon.

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